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Abolishing the Child Welfare System Would Harm Victims of Child Abuse
Our nation’s child welfare system exists to fulfill society’s collective commitment to...
Healing Takes Time: Delores’ Story
Delores stands next to a pink rosebush planted by counseling center staff to honor her...
Understanding Cognitive Biases So We Can Listen to Survivors Better
Cognitive biases are tendencies to make certain decisions or behave in certain ways....
The “Parental Alienation” Defense Endangers Children
The latest issue of The Pennsylvania Lawyer magazine features an article by attorney...
Ohio Toddler’s Tragic Death Need Not Be in Vain if Ohio Courts Seize the Opportunity to Hold Reckless Child Protection Agency Accountable for its Role in the Child’s Abuse and Murder
An Ohio toddler was killed by her mother,[1] despite child protection workers’ awareness...
Watch This Movie about Richard Sipe
I just saw the movie Sipe: Sex, Lies, and the Priesthood. It is about Richard Sipe, an...
The Two Roads to Justice for Pennsylvania’s Child Sex Abuse Victims in 2021
Before joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of...
Learning from Roy Mouton’s Truthful Novel, In God’s House
“I had sex with boys almost every day I was a priest (161).” Those words described the...
Reading Dyan Elliott’s The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy (U. of Pennsylvania 2020)
You might be reluctant to read this new book. It is very scholarly, written by Professor...